BF>>  GP> Actually, they do "bite", they make a hole in your skin,
BF>>
BF>> They drill with their trunk.

 GP> You must know by now that in English a word seldom has only one meaning!

And you must know that I'm not a native English speaking person.

 GP> In fact, one of the alternative definitions for bite is "a painful would
 GP> caused by the thrust of an animal's stinger into skin"; I submit that
 GP> "proboscis" is close enough, and the fact that it often
"stings", the
 GP> "drilling" qualifies as
 GP> a  "bite"! ;)

Ok,ok......

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